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The Commerce Department is decorated for the Fourth of July celebration, Thursday, July 2, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Americans of all ages and beliefs can rededicate themselves to USA’s founding principles

By Ron Sachs

This image made from video shows a newly discovered copy of the U.S. Declaration of Independence, printed in July 1776 in Exeter, is displayed at The National Archives in London, Thursday, July 2, 2026. (AP Photo/Kwiyeon Ha)

Britain’s National Archives finds copy of Declaration of Independence in captured U.S. ship’s papers

By Danica Kirka - Associated Press

Illustration on liberty and freedoms by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

America at 250: Declaration’s self-evident truths need defending again

By Cal Thomas

Cutting the federal budget and lowering debt illustration by Linas Garsys / The Washington Times

Washington needs a strict spending diet, stat

By Carolyn Bourdeaux

The Founding Fathers and the Constitution of the United States of America illustration by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

When treason became a nation: The story of July 4, 1776

By Joseph Curl

July Fourth and the 250th birthday of the founding of the United States of America illustration by Linas Garsys / The Washington Times

America at 250 should celebrate founders, freedom and Mel Brooks

By Jed Babbin

Founding Fathers drafting and signing the Declaration of Independence illustration by Linas Garsys / The Washington Times

U.S. at 250 should remember Declaration’s self-evident truths

By Randolph May

The front and back of a commemorative ornament released by America250 as part of events leading up to the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence in 1776, is photographed Thursday, Nov. 13, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

The Declaration is our ‘why’; the Constitution is our ‘what’

By Scott Walker

Illustration on tyrants sidestepping the Constitution by Linas Garsys/The Washington Times

The United States of America: A republic or an empire?

By Andrew P. Napolitano

Thomas Jefferson illustration by Linas Garsys / The Washington Times

Jefferson changed the trajectory of history

By Paul C. Harris

This photo provided by the Museum of the American Revolution shows a 3D version of King George III’s coronation portrait in a gallery at the Museum of the American Revolution in Philadelphia. (Ardon Bar-Hama/Museum of the American Revolution via AP)

The Revolutionary War’s chief villain is being rehabilitated — just in time for America’s 250th

By Laurie Kellman - Associated Press

This image made with a fisheye lens shows people attending the twice-annual conference of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, on April 7, 2024, in Salt Lake City. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer, File)

For 2 centuries, Latter-day Saints have revered religious freedom - but their definition is evolving

By Benjamin Park - Associated Press

Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch poses for a portrait in his office at the Supreme Court, Monday, July 29, 2024, in Washington. (AP Photo/Rod Lamkey, Jr.)

Justice Gorsuch wants kids to know the superheroes behind the Declaration of Independence

By Alex Swoyer - The Washington Times

Illustration on teaching American history by Linas Garsys/The Washington Times

We must go back to teaching American history, civics

By Timothy S. Goeglein

James Madison is known as the "Father of the Constitution." (Photograph provided by the Montpelier Foundation) **FILE**

What James Madison can teach Americans about religious freedom today

By Corey D. B. Walker - Associated Press

Life-size bronze sculptures of the signers of the U.S. Constitution stand in the Signers' Hall on July 7, 2016, at the National Constitution Center in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Beth J. Harpaz, File)

Did the founders create a Christian nation? No, but religion did shape their thinking

By Peter Smith - Associated Press

Bible with Declaration of Independence. File photo credit: W. Scott McGill via Shutterstock.

What the Declaration of Independence does - and doesn’t - say about God

By Thomas Tweed - Associated Press

A U.S. Constitution and liberty and freedom for all Americans illustration by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

Revisiting Hayek’s ‘Constitution of Liberty’ in America’s semiquincentennial year

By Randolph May